DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTH AFRICA (1893)

This study of diamonds and gold in South Africa contains numerous photographic illustrations, maps, plans, tables, statistics (values, trading, capita, supplies, profits, dividends, etc.) including a details of exploration methods and facts. With 32 illustrations, folding General Plan of the Diamond Fields Griqualan West in South Africa and folding Geological Map of South Africa.

The book consists of three parts:

Part I. – The South African Diamond Fields;

Part II. – The South African Gold Fields;

Part III. – Appendices. Containing statistical tables and original articles by experts on the several subjects treated of. (De Kaap Goldfields; The Witwatersberg Goldfields; The Murchison Range; The Witwatersrand Goldfields; Transvaal; The Tati Gold Fields; De Beers Mine; Kimberley Mine; Bultfontein and Dutoitspan Mines; The Mashonaland Goldfields; Gold in the Cape Colony; Gold in the Orange Free State; Gold in Zululand. The Vryheid Banket Gold Fields; The Great Borehole of the Rand-Victoria Gold Mines; The Transvaal Silvermines; History of the MacArthur-Forrest Process of Gold Extraction; etc.).

"Diamonds and Gold in South Africa. By Theodore Reunert, with maps and illustrations."; London: William Clowes and Sons, Ltd. / Cape Town, Port Elizabeth and Johannesburg: J. C. Juta & Co., 1893; First edition; Size of the book: 22 x 14 cm; Original red cloth hardcovers; Text in English; Collation complete – Title page, XVI, 242 pages (including the Index), with 32 illustrations, folding General Plan of the Diamond Fields Griqualand West in South Africa and folding Geological Map of South Africa; Ex-libris copy, overall in very good condition for the age. Ex-libris label and small annotation by ink to the front paste down, ex-libris stamp and a few small annotations by pencil to the front free endpapers. Binding with usual shelf wear, extremities bumped and little scuffed, corners crushed, some fraying to the spine extremities. Some discolouration, spine little sunned, a few surface scratches to the boards. Otherwise the binding is tight and firm, joints and hinges are whole and secure, only the spine cloth is sligtly separated from the inner spine webbing. Upper page edges of the text block darkened. Pages/text block well preserved, clear and very bright, with a slight yellowing only, no foxing or markings throughout. A sound copy.

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